INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION OFFICER (PREV WF) (Title 5)

Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION This National Guard position is for a INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION OFFICER (PREV WF) (Title 5), Position Description Number T0034P01 and is part of the AR ARNG JOINT FORCE HQ AR, National Guard.

Duties

1. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) objectives. Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards. Explains performance expectations to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments. Appraises subordinate workers performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques. Recommends awards when appropriate and approves within-grade increases. Hears and resolves employee complaints and refers serious unresolved complaints to higher level management. Initiates action to correct performance or conduct problems. Effects minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious disciplinary matters. Prepares documentation to support actions taken. Identifies employee developmental needs and provides or arranges for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance. Encourages self-development. Approves master leave schedule assuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time. Discharges security responsibilities by ensuring education and compliance with security directives for employees with access to classified or sensitive material. Recognizes and takes action to correct situations posing a threat to the health or safety of subordinates. Applies EEO principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions, and ensures all personnel are treated in a manner free of discrimination. Periodically reviews position descriptions to ensure accuracy, and the most effective utilization of personnel resources. 2. Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of The Adjutant General's (TAG) Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) Program. Ensures legal and regulatory requirements as well as the needs of National Guard (NG) Service members, families and communities are met. Serves as the principal advisor to TAG regarding the integrated primary prevention of all self-directed harm and prohibited abuse or harm as defined in applicable regulations and policies. Ensures TAG's IPP program complies with all legal and regulatory requirements. Develops IPP plan(s) in coordination with all relevant offices (i.e. Family Programs, Resilience, SARC, Psychological Health, EO/EEO). As the technical authority and expert on primary prevention; researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies Department of Defense (DoD), National Guard Bureau (NGB), Air National Guard (ANG), and Army National Guard (ARNG) prescribing directives, Public Law, guidance, and regulatory instructions. Develops Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ) goals and objectives to effectively address self-directed harm, prohibited abuse or harm, personal resilience, and quality of life issues impacting Service members and their families. Promotes cross organizational collaboration with JFHQ directorates, by assigning tasks to appropriate Wing/Region based on organizational priorities and requirements. Establishes metrics to ensure assigned actions progress on schedule, are reviewed at critical points, and remain effective. Identifies, researches, and advises JFHQ leadership on issues impacting the outcomes defined within applicable policies and other official guidance. Applying mastery level knowledge, provides recommendations; which have state-wide, and potentially national, impact in addressing self-directed harm and prohibited abuse or harm. Collects and reviews integrated primary prevention issues, disseminates findings to appropriate headquarters functional offices of primary responsibilities (OPRs) for resolution. Reviews progress and analyzes solutions, and, if appropriate, initiates action to raise issues to the NGB IPP cell for resolution. Provides recommendations to senior JFHQ leaders in developing 0 implementing the effectiveness of their primary prevention program. Provides expert counsel to leaders at all levels of best practices, and evidence-based programs, policies, and plans that increase primary prevention capacity and address specific population-level needs within their organizations. Oversees the development and allocation of all primary prevention funding and human resources impacting the full range of the IPP program. On behalf of TAG, monitors and controls budget and fiscal plans for integrated primary prevention related functions. Prepares and justifies and submits budget inputs and forecasting. Represents primary prevention issues as a member of leadership committees, boards, and working groups. Compiles and presents IPP assessment and evaluation results to the leadership team.

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Work involves supervising or performing work required to manage or direct one or more programs, including appropriate supporting social science service organizations. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 1 year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Experience, education or training analyzing problems, identifying significant factors, gathering pertinent data and recognizing solutions; preparing reports, plans, policies and various correspondence; evaluating objectives and develop plans to facilitate the availability and effective utilization of various social science resources. Must have knowledge of the organization and its mission and utilized the organizational staff procedures. Experience applying analytical and evaluative techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of social science program operations carried out by administrative or professional personnel, or substantive administrative support functions. Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: In addition to meeting the basic entry qualification requirements, applicants must have specialized experience and/or directly related education in the amounts shown in the table for Professional and Scientific Positions. For Supervisory Positions, add the following Specialized Experience: Experience in managing the function of the work to be performed. Experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel. Length of time is not itself qualifying. Candidates' experience should be evaluated on the basis of duties performed rather than strictly on the rank of the individual; however, established compatibility criteria/assignments must be followed. The applicant's record of experience, training, and education must show possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to fully perform the duties of the position to be filled.

Education

DUTIES CONTINUED: 3. Monitors and advises on activities of subordinate IPP programs. Supports the dissemination of NGB's comprehensive primary prevention initiatives. Ensures subordinates (Wing/Region IPP and JFHQ subject specific specialists) complete mandatory training requirements. Tracks prevention initiatives to ensure subordinates meet NGB requirements, and provides feedback, as required. Provides guidance to Wing/Region PPIs on the most complex issues when formulating a recommended course of action for leadership. Reviews complex issues prior to elevating to NGB. Makes appropriate IPP policy and strategy recommendations to NGB. Represents TAG on IPP issues at forums and conferences. Acts as the tip of the spear for initiatives and programs directed by NGB regarding the IPP programs. C